Residential Support Staff

Summary

The Residential Support Staff assumes responsibility for providing support, care, treatment, and development of residents in a variety of settings, including licensed adult foster care group homes (general or specialized), transitional training residence and housing for semi-independent living.

Essential Functions

• Ensure that residents are granted all rights and respect due them.
• Help the residents create and maintain a comfortable, homelike environment.
• Assist residents as needed in meeting their goals as outlined through the individual plan of service, including assistance with:
• Social skills and community integration opportunities.
• Grooming and hygiene needs, including bathing, toileting and dressing.
• Daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning and laundry.
• Accompany residents to appointments, skill building or community integration programs, and various activities as assigned.
• Administer medications and treatments.
• Food preparation per individualized dietary needs.

Household and Documentation Requirements

• Perform a variety of housekeeping duties, including cooking, cleaning and laundry.
• Document on a variety of both paper and electronic forms, including medication and treatment administration sheets, daily logs, program data, progress notes, incident reports, and vehicle pre-trip logs.

Work Experience Requirements

• Prior experience providing hands-on assistance for individuals in a residential setting is preferred, but training is provided.

Work Environment

• This position works in close proximity to people. While the majority of working time is spent indoors in a residential environment or office, employees in this position may work outdoors in all seasons for short periods of time, e.g. assisting a resident into a vehicle, taking a resident on an outing, snow removal, etc.

Physical Demands of the Job

• Middle work. No more than 50 pounds with frequent lifting of objects weighting up to 25 pounds.
• No more than 50 pounds with frequent lifting of objects weighting up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to move, lift, or otherwise assist residents with transfers in and out of vehicles, wheel chairs, beds, shower trolleys/chairs, and other furniture.
• Must be able to provide personal care, and perform household cleaning duties.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Manual dexterity is required to prepare food, administer medications and treatments, and to record information in writing, or through use of a keyboard or similar device.
• Must be able to perform emergency procedures and evacuations of the home or vehicle as required.